面对今年83亿美元的预算赤字，关闭邮局这一做法是邮政总局为精简开支所提出的若干建议中的一条。
Facing an $8.3 billion budget deficit this year, closing post offices is one of several proposals the Postal Service has put forth recently to cut costs.
但如果我们需要提高税收及最终精简开支，我们是否应该马上实施？
But if we need to raise taxes and cut spending eventually, shouldn't we start now?
过去的几天，我们主要集中于通过我们的每月开支挖掘、寻求需要精简开支的地方。
For the last several days, we've been focused primarily on digging through our monthly expenses and looking for places to trim away some fat.
其它国家正在精简开支，等候市场施加真正的压力：尽管英国债务的还期在欧盟成员国中是最长的，但是该国仍然计划度过严酷的四年，使本国财政在四年内恢复秩序。
Others are pruning before the markets exert real pressure: Britain's debt has the longest maturity of any EU member but it is still aiming to get its finances in order within four brutal years.
其它国家正在精简开支，等候市场施加真正的压力：尽管英国债务的还期在欧盟成员国中是最长的，但是该国仍然计划度过严酷的四年，使本国财政在四年内恢复秩序。
Others are pruning before the markets exert real pressure: Britain's debt has the longest maturity of any EU member but it is still aiming to get its finances in order within four brutal years.
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